I actually purchased this pin earlier this evening at an auction in my hometown of Meriden, CT. I absolutely love anything Scandinavian as my grandmother was 100% Norwegian. I have yet to visit there myself, but my mother and uncle made the trip in 2008, visiting both Norway and Finland via plane, train, automobile, and boat. There was very little biographical or historical information online regarding Finn Jensen. According to Scandinavian.co.uk, Jensen designed and manufactured high quality jewelry during the mid-twentienth century. He was inspired by the designs of David Andersen, another famous Norwegian jewelry designer, and made mostly vermeil guilloche enamel pieces. Vermeil is a combination of sterling silver, gold and/or other precious metals. Enamel Guilloche is a technique in which translucent enamel is applied over a surface that has been engraved with a detailed, repeated pattern. During his career, many of Jensen's designs were exported to the United States.
Feel free to contact me if you are interested in purchasing this piece. Questions and comments are also encouraged and appreciated. My online shop is coming soon.
Thank you to the following website(s) for a portion of the content of this blog post:
Scandivian Silver. Retrieved 1/3/2011 from http://www.scandinaviansilver.co.uk/names/45
Wikipedia. Retrieved 1/3/2011 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermeil
Vintage Jewelry Lane. Retrieved 1/3/2011 from http://vintagejewelrylane.com/weekwords/guillocheweekword.htm
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